The three-day meeting of the National Lieutenant Governors Association, a low-key gathering of two dozen No. 2's that ended here Friday, easily could have been mistaken for a small life insurance salesmen's convention, were it not for the handful of security details.
On this first Memorial Day without the father who was still playing in a seniors softball league at the time of his death, you got the feeling that Alderson would not deviate from his life's lessons or baseball's conventions, would not let emotions guide him as he rides out the ownership storm.
Thousands gather in the Lake District town of Keswick to grapple with the challenge of living the whole of life for Christ (this year's Convention theme); including work, leisure, community, public and home life, and our responsibility to care for creation.
Al Jazeera was an appropriate host because since the channel's birth 15 years ago it has been bringing new openness to the region's life, challenging convention and stimulating conversation about previously forbidden topics.
Bob Casey, who is pro-life, spoke at Obama's convention last week, but no one spoke out about LGBT rights or HIV/AIDS.
Because great professors can "crack the shell of convention," shining a light on a life's different prospects.
Fantasy and convention, Ruhl seems to be saying, are part of life's meaning and its joy.
Winogrand photographed the general life of the convention.
There was, she insisted, a real-life convention delegate somewhere in the room.
Produced by "Nightline" and Oregon Public Broadcasting, "Life 360" breaks some conventions and sticks with others.
His five comedies are acutely perceived pictures of lower-class life, free from the conventions that burdened other contemporary dramas.
